Its really sad that this all started in California. A bill introduced and authorized under highly questionable circumstances, with large parts of the bill rendered Invisible to the public eye was passed, giving the California Judiciary body Retroactive Immunity from prosecution. That bill SBX-211, and the argument presented to the US Supreme Court, by the Obama Administration is that HOMY-LAND Security has RETROACTIVE IMMUNITY in issues it contemplates NOW - PROTECTING THEM FROM THEIR INEPT PAST .... In July 2003, MacLean and other air marshals were briefed about a specific and imminent terrorist threat to long-distance flights. Despite the warning, less than three days later, MacLean and other air marshals received a text message from their superiors cancelling all overnight missions, thereby removing air marshals from long-distance flights. Believing the text message to be a mistake, MacLean contacted his superiors who confirmed the message and told MacLean this was being done to save money on overnight hotels, overtime and other travel allowances. After failed attempts to raise his concerns with independent investigators, MacLean alerted an MSNBC reporter to the governments plan to remove air marshals from many flights. The news report aired without identifying MacLean. The story produced outrage in Congress, and the DHS soon rescinded its order. MacLeans role as a whistleblower was revealed three years later, at which time, the TSA fired him for disclosing sensitive security information (SSI). ***** Although the text message removing air marshals from long distance flights was not classified as SSI when it was sent, the DHS issued an order classifying it as SSI retroactively. ****** The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit sided with MacLean, ruling that he was entitled to argue that he was protected by whistleblower laws after he was fired by the TSA in 2006. However, lawyers for the Obama administration disputed that ruling in the U.S. Supreme Court, claiming that it effectively permits individual federal employees to override the TSAs judgments about the dangers of public disclosure.
Posted on: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 02:26:57 +0000
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